Fresh off its official release, ARK: Survival Evolved is already aiming to one-up itself with the "Aberration" expansion. I didn't think things could get much wackier in the dino-ridden survival/crafting/exploration game, but it turns out I was hilariously wrong.

Time for a little tech talk with today's ARK: Survival Evolvednews. Studio Wildcard is teaming up with Nitrado to provide rentable dedicated game servers for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of the game. If you're wondering what that means, exactly, then read on.

Were you excited to finally check out the final version of ARK: Survival Evolved next week? Yeah, well, got some bad news for you. You'll have to wait until the end of August now... you know, when all the video games are coming out.

Ark: Survival Evolved will be seeing a full launch, complete with physical releases on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, come August 8th, 2017. The game has been featured in Steam’s Early Access program since June 2nd, 2015 and the Xbox Game Preview program since December of 2015. Finally, Ark made its way to PlayStation 4 in December 2016.

It's been promised for some time and now the PlayStation 4 version of ARK: Survival Evolved will finally be available to play on December 6. This is not the final version of the game, as the title is still in Early Access on Steam and Game Preview on Xbox One, but if you've been waiting for it to make it to this platform, then you only have to wait a few more days.

If I were dropped into, say, one of the plethora of modern Survival games currently available, I can't imagine I'd last too long. I mean, I can barely make it through the workday in one piece, and I've already got clothes and a place to live! Plopping me in the middle of the woods with nothing but a loincloth and my wits would most likely lead to me expiring with only one of those two things.

Microsoft's Ultimate Games Sale is still underway for a bit longer, and one of the titles you can pick up on the cheap is ARK: Survival Evolved. The title is still some ways out from seeing a full release, but the Xbox One version of the game was updated last week to add in a new biome and a new dinosaur.

The first official mod for the Xbox One and PC versions of ARK: Survival Evolvedhas arrived. The "Center" map, which was designed by modder Ben Burkhart using official modding tools from Studio Wildcard, is now available for your dino-riding pleasure as a free update. What's more, you can enjoy this map with up to 100 of your friends!

It's a good news/bad news day for ARK: Survival Evolved. The good news? The Xbox One and PC versions of the game will add official mods (i.e., those mods that appear to be selected by developer Studio Wildcard to be integrated into the game) to the title staring next month with a new map designed by a member of the ARK community. The bad news? The game's official release date is delayed across all platforms until sometime this winter.

True to their word, developer Studio Wildcard has added the previously discussed splitscreen functionality to the Xbox One version of ARK: Survival Evolved. The feature will allow two players to enjoy the game locally, or go online to play with up to two other friends on a non-dedicated server, which are private servers that are propped up for limited play sessions and a little more limited than those that support 16 players.

It seems that the developers at Studio Wildcard love to surprise and delight players of ARK: Survival Evolved with a steady stream of new content. Patch 233 includes a whole slew of goodies, with a new dino featured. The Gallimimus hauls three people around, allowing two friends to tag along and attack anything that moves. This new mount is one of ...